GPT configuration question

GPT configuration question

I have an unallocated 1Mb partition as the first partition (according to Easus) on my laptop drive, in addition to the recommended reserved, system and EFI partitions. Could this extraneous partition be the reason for my inability to restore from an image backup? (Restores fail after making my laptop unbootable)

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I have an unallocated 1Mb partition as the first partition (according to Easus) on my laptop drive, in addition to the recommended reserved, system and EFI partitions. Could this extraneous partition be the reason for my inability to restore from an image backup? (Restores fail after making my laptop unbootable)

Depending on the partition manager you may see an offset at the start of the drive for 4k sector alignment. Yes, EASUS will show it while Mini Tool or AOMEI won't.
As mentioned above, there's something wrong with your backup. You probably need Macrium Rescue disk to boot from then click on "Fix Windows boot problem"

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Kudos to you all, cereberus, lx07, and topgundcp! The one thing I had not tried was Macrium Reflect Free---and it backed up, verified and restored beautifully without hitch nor glitch. The backup solution I've been looking for for over a year (or more, I lose track). Also, I want to try the multipartition thing when I get up enough nerve, cereberus.

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Hi makridge, glad you got it sorted out. May I ask what other imaging software you had tried? I'm shortly getting a new laptop which will have UEFI and GPT formatting which I've not used before, and I use Aomei Backupper, which is supposed to handle GPT. Thanks!

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